Resources
Support Life Sunday
Parish and school resources for Support Life Sunday 2022: You are not alone – accompanying and caring for people living with mental illness are now available to download from the NZCBC website. The material includes posters for churches and schools, social media slides for parish and school websites for publication daily from next Monday, 3 October, and other helpful material. Please go to this link to look at and download the resources as required: https://www.catholic.org.nz/resources/sls2022/
Useful links
- Click here to download link to a number of useful books, documents and websites for reference and reading
- Click here to download link to Catholic Special Character Review for Development document
- Click here to download link to Sharing the Gospel Today - The Catechetical Directory for Aotearoa New Zealand
- Click here to download link to NZCEO newsletter - Lighting New Fires (including archived newsletters)
- Pope Francis released the Apostolic Exhortation Laudate Deum on 4th October 2023: It is a wonderful and powerful follow up to Laudato Si’ from 2015. I have uploaded it to google drive in the Resources for Teaching folder. You can access it here from the Vatican Website: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/20231004-laudate-deum.html
- Te Kahu o te Ora – A Consistent Ethic of Life
- “This understanding of the sacredness of all life guides us in making decisions in regards to human life in all its stages, our care for the vulnerable and our care of the Earth,” he says.
- Te Kahu o te Ora has been published as a 56-page booklet, ahead of our annual celebration of Support Life Sunday on the weekend of October 7 and 8. This year’s Support Life Sunday theme – A Consistent Ethic of Life – is taken from the title of the revised document. Te Kahu o te Ora was originally published in 1997.
- Bishop Steve’s statement is also online here: https://www.catholic.org.nz/news/media-releases/tekahu/
- The PDF copy of Te Kahu o Te Ora is also online here: https://www.catholic.org.nz/assets/Consistent-Ethic-of-Life-booklet-26-September-2023.pdf
- Here is a link to Pope Francis’ 2023 Prayer Intentions.
- Here is a link to an infographic you may wish to print/circulate to all teachers for use in their rooms, or to use in the staffroom or on your community social media posts.
- Include these prayers, each month on your school’s communication platforms, encouraging your parents and caregivers to pray Pope Francis’ prayer intentions throughout 2023.
- National Calendar 2023 from Te Huinga o ngā Pīhopa Katorika o Aotearoa New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference. This will be helpful for planning liturgical celebrations throughout the year.
National Calendar for 2024 can be found at: https://www.catholic.org.nz/resources/national-calendar-2024/
NZ Liturgy Centre can be found at: https://nlo.org.nz/
2020 Resources
- Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith on Euthanasia Download
- Rachel's Story - You Tube Resource for teaching young people about the impact of the End of Life Choice Bill in this years Referendum Download
- Welcome Back Liturgy Download
- The Other Side of the Virus Download
- Students Coming Back May 2020 Download
- Staff Coming Back May 2020 Download
- Prayer Time May 2020 Download
- Gathering Together in Unique Times Download
- Hearts on Fire Youtube Channel by Michael Mangan Hearts on Fire
- The Rainbow Song by Andrew Chin featuring clips from St John Evangelist Otara and Marist Herne Bay The Rainbow Song
- James Lyons IN REVERSE – prayer in a time of isolation: Download
- Websites Available for Catholic Resources: Download 1 Download 2 Download 3 Download 4
- A Time of Great Uncertainty Download
- Saint's Cards Download
- Are you Exhausted? Download PDF Download MP3
Resources made available by NCRS
- NCRS Websites for Young people and whanau which do not need a password (copy and paste url) :
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- Year 9-13: https://www.faithcentral.org.nz/classroom
- http://faithalive.org.nz/curriculum
- www.faithjourney.nz
Term 2 Prayer and Witness Challenge
Readings
Teachers New to Catholic Schools - Secondary Pre 2019
Prayer
Resources From RE Regional Meetings
ESOL
Scholarship
Rededication of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven
- Mō Maria – An Introduction https://youtu.be/sDFehbr8g6w
- Mō Maria – A Hymn https://youtu.be/c2Yq4rI6Ml8
- Rededication Prayer
Maori Language Week 2021